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[Panhandle Boys monument]

Description: Photograph of a monument in honor of the "Panhandle Boys" standing outside of The Amarillo Municipal Auditorium. The text on the base of the monument reads, "IN HONOR OF THE PANHANDLE BOYS OF THE WORLD WAR. ERECTED BY LLANO ESTACADO CHAPTER, DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. DEDICATED ARMISTICE DAY 1928." The statue has since been relocated to Ellwood Park in Amarillo, TX.
Date: [1928..1966]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III

[Photograph of a man drawing, 2]

Description: Photograph of a man working on a drawing of a figure. He sits in front of a wooden easel, showing his profile to the camera. The man has short, dark hair and a mustache, and he wears a striped dress shirt with a patterned tie. As he draws, he rests his hand on a thin wooden dowel which he holds up to protect the drawing.
Date: [1930..1950]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III

[Photograph of a young boy in a striped shirt]

Description: Photograph of a young boy sitting on a pile of newspapers and trash in front of a brick wall. He rests his chin in his hand and smiles at the camera. He wears a toboggan and a collared, striped shirt with shorts. A newspaper resting on the ground next to him reads, "The Amarillo Globe."
Date: [1930..1950]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III

[Photograph of Byrd III posing for a drawing]

Description: Photograph of Byrd III modeling for a figure-drawing, holding a pose. He stands on an elevated surface and leans forward with a long wooden dowel grasped in his hands. A solid curtain hangs behind him. Byrd has dark hair and wears a wristwatch and a loincloth. A graphite drawing of him rests on an easel in the foreground.
Date: [1930..1950]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III

[Photograph of children swimming in a pool]

Description: Photograph of young children swimming in an outdoor, above-ground pool. In the foreground, a boy stands outside the pool, partially cut from the frame. Behind him, a young girl stands up on something inside the pool, holding her arms out to the side for balance. To her left, a group of three boys stands together and smiles at the camera. Many other children play in the water behind them. Thick trees fill the background.
Date: [1930..1950]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
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[News Clip: Ike in Texas to talk drouth]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a state governors arriving in Amarillo to prepare for a visit by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to discuss the current severe drought conditions in the Southwest.
Date: July 10, 1953
Duration: 1 minute 52 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Ike in Texas to talk drouth]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a visit to Amarillo by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to meet with several state governors to discuss the current severe drought conditions in the Southwest.
Date: July 10, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Conley returns]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about Louis Bob Conley being released from jail and being reunited with his daughter.
Date: July 26, 1953
Duration: 1 minute 36 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Buffaloes]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Palo Duro State Park near Amarillo asking for donations to help feed its captive buffalo population.
Date: September 2, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Drouth]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the devastating drought faced by the southern states in 1953. President Eisenhower visited Amarillo to discuss the problem.
Date: December 31, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Bank suspect to seek lie test]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a former bank employee, James Blaine Sewell, denying the embezzlement of $75 thousand from an Amarillo bank. Sewell previously admitted to embezzling $24 thousand from the Texas Bank and Trust Company in Dallas.
Date: April 8, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: The week in review]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering the major news stories of the past week, including a housefire in Dallas that left one sleeping man dead, a collision between two Air Force jets over Lake Whitney that ended in a crash killing one pilot, the collapse of a ceiling at a Dallas cafe with no one injured, the arrest of an escaped convict at a Dallas tavern, an investigation of bribery between a Dallas insurance executive and a state insurance investigator, and the on… more
Date: December 21, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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